New Beverage Can Plant Planned to Support Strong Customer Demand in Region PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com), announces that it will construct a new beverage can plant in Kechnec, in eastern Slovakia. The new plant, which will be operational in Q4 2009, will have an initial capacity of 750 million cans a...

PHILADELPHIA, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com) announces that it has signed a license agreement with Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. for it to manufacture and sell SuperEnd(R) beverage ends for the Japanese market. Crown's patented design uses 10% less metal than traditional beverage ends, providing significant sustainability advantages. To date, Crown and its licensees...

PHILADELPHIA, July 16, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Second Quarter Highlights Net Sales grew 10.4% to $2,196 million Gross Profit improved 23.1% to $352 million Segment income rose 28.0% to $247 million Earnings per diluted share increased 13.0% to $0.61...

PHILADELPHIA, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 17, 2008. The dial-in...